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Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov (Russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Су́слов; 21 November [O.S. 8 November] 1902 – 25 January 1982) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965, and as unofficial chief ideologue of the party until his death in 1982.
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov, leading Soviet Communist ideologue and power broker from the 1950s until his death. During World War II he supervised the deportations of ethnic minorities from the Caucasus and, after the war, was in Lithuania, rounding up dissidents for deportation to Siberia.
Jan 27, 1982 · Mikhail A. Suslov, chief ideologist of the Soviet Communist Party and one of the most powerful men in the Kremlin after Leonid I. Brezhnev, died Monday at the age of 79, the official...
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov ( Russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Су́слов; November 21 [O.S. 8 November] 1902 – January 25, 1982) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965, and as unofficial chief ideologue of the party until his death in 1982.
May 14, 2018 · Mikhail Suslov was a member of the Politburo from 1955 to 1982 and headed the agitation and propaganda department of the Central Committee from 1947 to 1982. An ideologist of the Stalinist school, Suslov was a reactionary and doctrinaire defender of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy.
When Brezhnev became leader Suslov became de facto ‘second secretary’, wielding enormous influence on ideology, personnel, and foreign policy. He supported the crackdown on dissent but argued against military intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Jan 26, 1982 · MOSCOW -- Mikhail Suslov, the Soviet Union's top ideologue and for 30 years one of the most powerful men in the Kremlin, has died at age 79, the Tass news agency said Tuesday.
